Henry M. Zapadka

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Jun 8, 2007 at 12:01 AM

Henry M. Zapadka, 86, of 422 Hazen Ave., Ellwood City, died Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at 7:45 p.m. in the Beaver Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born April 23, 1921, in Ellwood City, he was the son of the late Frank and Mary Tanski Zapadka. He was married to the former Henrietta Shablesky on June 7, 1947. She passed away on January 18, 1998.He retired from the Ellwood Works of U.S. Steel. He was a member of the Holy Redeemer Parish and was a 1940 graduate of Lincoln High School. He was a veteran of the Army serving in New Guinea and the Philippines, where he received a Purple Heart during World War II.

Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Stan and Karen Zapadka, Chippewa Township; two grandsons and a granddaughter, Nicholas, Cameron and Analise Zapadka, and a brother, Thaddeus Zapadka, Ellwood City.

In addition to his parents and his wife, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Jenny Pawlowski and Ann Taylor, and two brothers, Edward and Chester Zapadka.

Friends will be received Sunday, June 10, 2007, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the JOSEPH A. TOMON JR. FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, 97 Grim Ave., Ellport.

A Mass of Christian burial will be held Monday, June 11, 2007, at 10 a.m. in St. Agatha Church. Interment will follow in Holy Redeemer Cemetery.

Full military rites will be conducted by the Veteran's Honor Guard.

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